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Weather – another lovely start the day, |
| Gerona gate |
nice to spend a few
minutes on our room’s courtyard (21º), 30º in Girona and Figueres later, but
not humid
Steps – 12,469
Dali! Today was all about Salvadore
Dali. Before today I knew very little about Salvadore Dali. Today’s guide could
not have been more knowledgeable.
Unfortunately, getting to Girona (a
small medieval town on the way to Figueres) and Figueres (Dali’s birthplace)
was a commitment…a 90-minute drive there and
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| Jewish museum |
back. The Spanish countryside was
interesting for a bit, but after 90 min I had had my fill. |
| so thirsty! |
Today was a group of 8, just like
our Montserrat tour. However, today’s tour was 10 hours long…pick up at 8:30
and drop off around 6:45…it was worth it!
We
stopped for a cappuccino just outside of Barcelona before embarking on the to Girona,
a small medieval town an hour away. During a short walking tour, we learned about  |
| GOT passageway |
Gerona’s
defensive Roman walls, about Gerona’s Jewish history, Catholic history, and Game
of Thrones history – at least 4 scenes from GOT were filmed in Gerona - I didn't watch GOT, but apparently it was a big deal. During
our free time, Chris and I visited the Jewish Museum and saved time for a refreshment. We also saw
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| lunch!! |
an iron bridge designed by Gustave Eiffel in the 19th-century. Girona is very |
| Dali - can you see the skulls? |
charming.
I’d be happy to spend a few days here sometime. Not a ton to do, but charming
and a nice place to hang for a bit.
Next was lunch in Figueres – super
close to the French border. We were on our own for lunch. The guide
recommended an Italian place and although not authentically Spanish…he said it’d
be a good bet…it was. They had sangria, so that was Spanish!
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We didn’t see a lot of the town,
because we were focused on the highlight of the |
| didn't look like this with the naked eye |
day…the Dali Museum. Salvador Dali designed
the museum itself. Luis our guide, seemed to know everything there was to know
about Dali and was extremely passionate about him…perfect. This place was crowded,
but we managed. Being a small group let us snake through the crowds. There were
2 little kids on the tour, who weren’t exactly interested, they eventually got
on Luis’ nerves, can’t really blame the kids…it wasn’t exactly kid friendly.
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| Dali museum |
Visiting the museum on our
own, or even |
| Dali |
with an audio guide (like was always do) would have been a cool experience,
but with Luis it was pretty amazing! He showed us things in some of the pieces that we would never have noticed  |
| Dali's pieta |
or known on our own. He also connected Dali’s life to his
art, which was super interesting. We were in the museum for 2 hours.  |
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Today was the first and only day of museums on this trip. I love a museum, especially an art museum, but any museum. Typically, they are chill, quiet, little |
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talking places...glorious. The Jewish museum was all of those things, the Dali museum not-so-much, but "you take the good you take the bad." |
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